St. Lucy's Priory
Glendora, California


Members of St. Lucy's Priory

(back row, left) Sisters Cecelia Dougherty, Elizabeth Von Tersch, Patricia Schneider, Colette Smith,
 Elizabeth Brown (prioress), Joan King, Mary Daniel McGinn, Helen Dziuk,
(front row) Mary Bride Gormley, Givovanna Mapelli, Mary Dennis Peters and Monica Collins
Sister Mary Aidan Murphy was unable to be present.

 

Community Ministry

    The community sponsors a Catholic girls high school, St. Lucy's Priory High, which has around 900 students and St. Lucy’s Benedictine Child Development Center, adjacent to the high school, which serves 70-100 children. Several of the sisters minister in these institutions.   In addition, community members continue to minister in a number of parishes as well as other professional fields not connected to traditional teaching ministries.

Community Prayer

 

 

 

Traditionally in all Benedictine communities, the morning begins with prayer and the evening closes with prayer.

This is a picture of the chapel at St. Lucy's Priory.


Sisters Patricia Henry (Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico)
 and Esther Fangman, President of the Federation
 conducted the visitation.


Sister Patricia talks with Sisters Helen,
 Mary Daniel and Elizabeth.
 


 Sisters Mary Bride, Giovanna and Joan visit with
Sister Elizabeth's mother, Mrs. Betty Brown who is
 a permanent guest at St. Lucy's Priory.
 


The sisters gather around the dinner table as they
 await sharing a meal together.